Regular tax collection supporting irrigation systems
Production of silks, hemp, paper dyes, and vegtable oils
zen monasteries provided key points of renewed diplomatic and trade connections with China
S
measures made to make sure that women never ruled
Men ad Women of the aristocratic classes followed strict codes of polite behavior
-social status was everything* women rivaled men as poets. artists, and musicians
women could not pursue lovers
Bush- warrior leaders-most effective military of the land
-protected emperor and kept peace* Japanese peasants= serfs
Gempei wars
Women
-Disinheritance -given in marriage to cement alliances between households -taught to kill themselves if raped -could not celebrate in religious ceremonies -replaced by men in theater
P
Taika reform: aimed t change imperial administrations along Chinese lines
- meant to create genuine bureaucracy and peasant conscript army in Japan* Top political power: Buddhist monks and aristocratic families
shrinking imperial bureaucracy
land owners, estate managers controlled land and labors creating local powers by house governments
increase in provincial lords decrease in imperial house hold and court aristocracy
Bakufu- military goverment
Fedual age begins
I
views o the natural and supernatural world from Shinto
Closed world of luxury and ascetic delights
writing verse-most valued art
poems written on fans and scented papers* Lady Murasaki’s: The tale of Genji
- firs novel in any language* No more graveling to China
Himeji stone castles
Monochrome ink sketched from Japanese artists
Golden and Silver pavilions created for meditation
R
MI: In trying to convert to Chinese ways the Japaneses turned o Buddhism while still trying to incorporate it with their own beliefs
Kami- ancient nature spirits
Buddhists pure land teachings
I
A clever Buddhist prelate tried to marry the empress of Koken in order to aim as emperor
Fujuwara- exercised influence over political affairs (married in)
- used wealth and power to build state and financially supported systems* Taira and Minamoto family rivalry
T- controlled emperor and domesticated court* Yorimoto parnoia of forced power for his position
Takuagirevolt of the bushi that over threw Kamakure regime establishing Ashikaga Shogunate
T
long bows and straight swords
" Comparing Feudalism " Taking into account the features of feudalism, such as resources and political values it is common to see how its foundations have aided to the success of the West and Japan societies. This of course wouldn't be accomplished if not for the works of the political and militaristic feudal systems.The political system its self was said to "embrace most participants in the system" such as strengthening the aristocratic positions who in turn controlled the peasant/commoner systems. This was also displayed slightly in the centralizing of Mali and Ghana. The militaristic feudalism characteristics helped strengthened more family alliances through the creating of a stronger central government. Controversies have been made by Arab and Chinese historians stating that is is not a true feudalist system due to the fact that it arose differently in some respects than form the many other decentralized systems they resemble.
From China (Tribute system)Unique
Bureaucratic system
Confucian
Buddhism
Personal relationships
sedentary farming and metal working
Sinification (adoption of Chinese culture)
Buddhism
writing
Confucian classics
bureaucracy
collected Chinese text and noted the latest fashions and etiquette
Porcelain manufacturing
Tang dynasty included Korea within their concurred territories of their empire (?)
patronized the works of religious art
monastic designs of Buddhist styles
art of printing
raw materials such as forests and metals such as copper
Social standings centered around the aristocratic families leaving the rest of the class to be seen as slaves and “low born”
Used test and exams to extend in administrative positions
Drawn into bureacracy
extended family model and venerating their ancestors in the Confucian manner
distinction by common heritage
‘southern barbarians”
traded ivory, tortoise shells. pearls, peacock feathers, aromatic woods, and other products drawn from the sea and tropical forests
intermarried with he Tai-speaking peoples of the Red River/Cambodians (distinct ethic group)
blackened their teeth
chewed betel nut
had a more refined art and literature (poetry)
Trung sisters-high position and interest in women than within the Chinese system
Key:JapanKoreaVietnam Summary: China considered there shared influences between regions such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam to be a "tribute system". The Koreans were said to pay the most tribute within this system. When incorporating the things borrowed form the Chinese you could say that the focus centralized on a more political and religious stand point. You can see this as you see all the nations incoporate either Confucian of Buddhism systems within their societies. Of course some regions tried to hold out on their uniqueness such as Vietnam but do to political and Economical reasons it seemed as if the paths between China and these regions were inventable. One benifet for having China on their side however, possibly making the switch easier, would be the fact that China was such and imposing and domanite region that when seen as corperated with them it gave a sense of power which aided to to move of expansion.
-social status was everything* women rivaled men as poets. artists, and musicians
-protected emperor and kept peace* Japanese peasants= serfs
-Disinheritance
-given in marriage to cement alliances between households
-taught to kill themselves if raped
-could not celebrate in religious ceremonies
-replaced by men in theater
- meant to create genuine bureaucracy and peasant conscript army in Japan* Top political power: Buddhist monks and aristocratic families
poems written on fans and scented papers* Lady Murasaki’s: The tale of Genji
- firs novel in any language* No more graveling to China
- used wealth and power to build state and financially supported systems* Taira and Minamoto family rivalry
T- controlled emperor and domesticated court* Yorimoto parnoia of forced power for his position
" Comparing Feudalism "
Taking into account the features of feudalism, such as resources and political values it is common to see how its foundations have aided to the success of the West and Japan societies. This of course wouldn't be accomplished if not for the works of the political and militaristic feudal systems.The political system its self was said to "embrace most participants in the system" such as strengthening the aristocratic positions who in turn controlled the peasant/commoner systems. This was also displayed slightly in the centralizing of Mali and Ghana. The militaristic feudalism characteristics helped strengthened more family alliances through the creating of a stronger central government. Controversies have been made by Arab and Chinese historians stating that is is not a true feudalist system due to the fact that it arose differently in some respects than form the many other decentralized systems they resemble.
From China (Tribute system) Unique
- silk manufacturing
-irrigration tech.
-cropping techniques
Summary: China considered there shared influences between regions such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam to be a "tribute system". The Koreans were said to pay the most tribute within this system. When incorporating the things borrowed form the Chinese you could say that the focus centralized on a more political and religious stand point. You can see this as you see all the nations incoporate either Confucian of Buddhism systems within their societies. Of course some regions tried to hold out on their uniqueness such as Vietnam but do to political and Economical reasons it seemed as if the paths between China and these regions were inventable. One benifet for having China on their side however, possibly making the switch easier, would be the fact that China was such and imposing and domanite region that when seen as corperated with them it gave a sense of power which aided to to move of expansion.